[04:53.00]So you're back in town with your ball and chain
[04:53.00] And your best laid plansâfunny how they all went bust again
[04:53.00] I do declare it's a crying shame
[04:53.00] And everybody else is always to blame
[04:53.00] All your old-time friends they've gone to ground
[04:53.00] The theatre's closedâthey've torn all the posters down
[04:53.00] Once you had a face that could launch a thousand masts
[04:53.00] But what's a star without a cast?
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[04:53.00] It's getting hard looking in your eyes
[04:53.00] Even your young child is getting wise
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[04:53.00] I can't help you now, darling, and that's the truth
[04:53.00] Can't help you now, darling, I'm all out of juice
[04:53.00] I can't help you now, darling, that's for sure
[04:53.00] Can't help you now darling no more
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[04:53.00] I remember when I walked the streets all night long
[04:53.00] Pounding a poem to my brain and in the morning
[04:53.00] I laid you down a song
[04:53.00] I gave you all the sweetest meat,
[04:53.00] I was happy just to lick the bone
[04:53.00] Now I don't even pick up the phone
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[04:53.00] Pardon me if I seem cruel
[04:53.00] But how long can I be your fool?
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[04:53.00] I can't help you now, darling, and that's no lie
[04:53.00] Can't help you now, darling, don't even ask why
[04:53.00] I can't help you now, darling, got to close the door
[04:53.00] I can't help you now darling no more